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Gardening

I don’t know if this means we’re growing up or what, but we planted our first garden ever a few weeks ago. We have a part of our backyard lawn that gets full sun, has poor sprinkler coverage, and was invaded by plenty of weeds. So Jen sprayed the area with Round-Up, I borrowed the neighbor’s tiller, and we had fresh dirt. I also added a few bags of steer manure to the mix (yummy!).

We spent a Family Home Evening buying seeds and already-started plants and then planted them all. The garden is pretty small, but big enough to get some delicious fruits and vegetables.

We planted four 5′ rows of corn, a few mounds of cucumbers, a row of carrots, green bell peppers, watermelon, peas (for Jen, not me), and got strawberry starts from a neighbor. You’ll notice the absence of tomatoes. No thanks.

You're such a boob about tomatoes! They are the best summer vegetable/fruit you can get – fresh out of the garden.Jen, you are invited to come have a "pea" party at our house in about a month. We'll have tons!! Your side yard is great and I was very impressed with your pavers and walkway. I'd love to have the same thing in our front yard where we have buried rocks that didn't work as a walkway.Mom

I'm with Jess. Tomatoes are disgusting. Good luck with the garden. I hated gardening when I was young. Our garden was so big that Dad would use the tractor to plow up the corn patch (more like corn field) at the end of the year. However, I love to garden now that I am an old fart and have children to help with the weeding.